Alleged victims speak out about Grill

The trouble for Cape Coral City Councilman Eric Grill got more serious after the State Attorney's Office officially charged him with a felony and Governor Charlie Crist suspended him from the council. We spoke to the woman at the center of the saga.

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 9:59 PM EST

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Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 11:03 PM EST

CAPE CORAL: The trouble for Cape Coral City Councilman Eric Grill got more serious after the State Attorney's Office officially charged him with a felony and Governor Charlie Crist suspended him from the council. We spoke to the woman at the center of the saga.

Two business owners say they paid Cape Coral Councilman Eric Grill tens of thousands of dollars for work that was never started.

They say while they don't have their money back, they feel a step closer to justice.

"This is now telling him, that yeah, you were caught, you did something wrong and now it's time you paid for it," said alleged Lisa Johnson.

"My famous saying is what goes around comes around. I've said that since day one," added alleged victim Dave Malmberg.

The State Attorney's Office filed a third degree felony charge against Grill for giving false receipts totaling $15,000 to Malmberg through Grill's construction company.

Last December, Grill was arrested for grand theft and fraud. Now, Samantha Syoen, with the SAO, says there could be even more charges.

"We have the possibility of charging anybody with anything as long as we have the evidence to support a charge. So could he be charged with the crimes he was arrested for? Yes. Could he be charged with a different, lesser, greater [charge]? Absolutely," Syoen said.